Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
It’s rare that I finish a book of non-fiction. This is a gritty and visceral read. The prose is sharp, vivid and riddled with shards of experiences.
At times I could feel myself crammed in rusty pick up, hurtling along the dirty road with other soil-plastered planters. Reading this can be frightening, and sometimes funny as hell. It’s written from the heart of someone who isn’t afraid to take you to being in the middle of nowhere.
I learned a great deal about planters, forests, creatures, foibles, and speckles of ecology that intersperse Gill’s memories.
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